Question 1
1. Explain the differences in the two
Early Childhood programs.
2. Describe the other Education
programs at Suffolk.
3. Explain the NYS teaching
certifications.
Question 2
• 1. “___________ is a child’s work.”
• 2. “Every time we seek to ________ a child
something, we prevent him from inventing it
for himself.”
• 3. The guiding set of principles, based on
research and expertise, that should be
followed by Early Childhood educators is
called “_____________________.”
Question 3
• 1. Explain process vs. product.
• 2. Explain open-ended vs. closed-ended as to
questions and activities.
• 3. Explain instructor vs. facilitator.
Question 4
• Give 3 reasons why academically-oriented
preschools are inappropriate as compared to
play-oriented preschools.
Question 5
• Name 3 room areas in an appropriate
preschool classroom and, for each, 3
appropriate materials you might find in them.
Question 6
• Name 3 appropriate time periods in an
appropriate daily schedule for preschoolers,
and what should happen during each.
Question 7
• Name 3 appropriate ways that math can be
“taught” to preschoolers.
Question 8
• Name 3 appropriate science activities for
preschoolers and describe them.
Question 9
• Name 3 social studies themes that are
appropriate for preschoolers and explain why.
Question 10
• Name 3 things that a curriculum needs to be
(3 characteristics of qualities) so as to be
appropriate for young children.
Question 11
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Explain:
1. constructivism
2. multiple intelligences
3. stages of psycho-social development
Question 12
• Discuss one developmental characteristic of
children in the preschool stage in each of
these areas:
• 1. cognitive
• 2. physical
• 3. social
Question 13
• Discuss three appropriate roles that a teacher
of young children should play in relation to an
activity.
Question 14
• Name 3 very common things found in
preschools that are inappropriate.
Question 15
• Explain why each of these is inappropriate for
young children
• 1. the letter of the week
• 2. the calendar
• 3. homework
Question 16
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Explain (as per an activity plan)
1. readiness
2. motivation
3. introduction
Question 17
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Explain
1. projects vs. themes
2. discipline vs. punishment
3. nature vs. nurture
Question 18
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Define
1. cognitive
2. affective
3. creative
Question 19
• Discuss 3 ways one can develop a program
that shows and teaches an appreciation for
diversity.
Question 20
• Name 3 of the most important things that a
good activity can help develop in children.
Question 21
• Name and discuss 3 appropriate sources from
which child-centered curriculum ideas can be
developed. (Where do ideas for activities
appropriately come from?)
EDU103
The Introduction or Review Game